Monday brainstorming

1. Sentiment is again very bullish except for the ISE averages on the put call ratio which are at neutral territory around 120. We enter the earnings season reporting with plenty of after hour swings which will make a volatile market. In the short term we can expect a brief pullback to the 1300 SPX level before the attack above 1350 is very likely and we should top out finally around 1375-80 levels within 4-5 weeks. The spotlight though is on metals who climb to record levels on a daily basis and Silver should retest the Hunt high around 50 within 5- 6 months does the monthly chart tell me.

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MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2011

INVESTOR SENTIMENT READINGS

High bullish readings in the Consensus stock index or in the Market Vane stock index usually are signs of Market tops; low ones, market bottoms.

Last Week

2 Weeks Ago.

3 Weeks Ago

Consensus Index

Consensus Bullish Sentiment

71%

67%

66%

Source: Consensus Inc., P.O. Box 520526,Independence, Mo.

Historical data available at (800) 383-1441. editor@consensus-inc.com

AAII Index

Bullish

43.6%

41.8%

37.8%

Bearish

28.9

31.1

35.0

Neutral

27.6

27.1

27.3

Source: American Association of Individual Investors,

625 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611 (312) 280-0170.

Market Vane

Bullish Consensus

62%

60%

58%

Source: Market Vane, P.O. Box 90490,

Pasadena, CA 91109 (626) 395-7436.

FC Market Sentiment

Indicator

58.0%

58.0%

58.0%

Source: First Coverage 260 Franklin St., Suite 900

Boston, MA 02110-3112 (617) 303-0180. info@firstcoverage.com

FC Market Sentiment is a proprietary indicator derived from actionable sell-side trade ideas sent by the sell-side to their buy-side clients over the First Coverage platform. Over 1,000 institutional sales people at more than 250 firms participate on the First Coverage platform and have contributed hundreds of thousands of ideas since inception. Each Idea is associated with a ticker or sector and is tagged bullish or bearish by the creator. This data is aggregated at the sector, industry and market level. The FC Market Sentiment score ranges from 0-100 (0=most bearish, 50=neutral, and 100=most bullish) and represents a completely objective, real-time view into what advice the sell-side is providing to their buy-side clients